Snake ID

Where do you live? Is this a Florida snake? Scary

Can anyone help ID this snake? It's a tree climber. I feed the wild birds and I think it's eating them. Lots of feathers on the ground but no dead bird. Thanks

It's a rat snake, not poisonous, but will scare the bejeezes out of you when they fall out of the tree!

It's a rat snake, not poisonous, but will scare the bejeezes out of you when they fall out of the tree!

gray rat snake AKA oak snake

Point Washington. Lots of snakes this year. Copper heads, water snakes, pine snakes and races in the yard. Couldn't find this one on the net. Glad its not poisonous. Thank you!

Copperheads?? I think that is rare here.

Juvenile cottonmouths are often mistaken for copperheads. That's what the snake books say. But my parents and grandparents used to talk like seeing copperheads was not anything unusual.

And I can only hope that pvarley decides to keep her snakes to herself and doesn't send them over here

Will be staying in a rental house on Seagrove Beach in two weeks.........should I worry about snakes there??????

Will be staying in a rental house on Seagrove Beach in two weeks.........should I worry about snakes there??????

There are poisonous and nonpoisonous snakes all over Florida, but it's a colossal waste of time to worry about them. (Unless 1- you're the type who likes to wander around barefoot in tall undergrowth, 2- you spend a lot of time looking under rocks and logs, or 3- you happen to be a rodent.)

Can anyone help ID this snake? It's a tree climber. I feed the wild birds and I think it's eating them. Lots of feathers on the ground but no dead bird. Thanks

So not a copperhead and so not a moccasin. Rat snake all the way. Great snake to have around.

I catch about any non- poison snake i see and take it and release it around my house. There is no better mouse trap and black snakes will actually fight copperheads and run them away.

You are better off worrying about biting flies and jellyfish than worrying about snakes and sharks!

I have a huge wild cherry tree in my front yard and each summer, as the heat starts to ferment the cherries, a rat snake crawls up the tree and awaits the birds enjoying their happy hour. He maybe eating some of the cherries also, he doesn't seem to actually harm any of he clearly intoxicated birds but that seems to be his intent. Maybe the birds can hold their liquor better than the snake.

Baby copper heads and moccaisns do look alike. That both have that yellow green tail tip, but this one had that distinct flat copper head? I just installed a solar snake repeller in the back yard. Its suppose to send a vibe that snakes don't like and drive them out. So beware ShallowsNole! Thanks for your help.

I have a huge wild cherry tree in my front yard and each summer, as the heat starts to ferment the cherries, a rat snake crawls up the tree and awaits the birds enjoying their happy hour. He maybe eating some of the cherries also, he doesn't seem to actually harm any of he clearly intoxicated birds but that seems to be his intent. Maybe the birds can hold their liquor better than the snake.

Birds can get drunk on ripe cherries? How funny!

Baby copper heads and moccaisns do look alike. That both have that yellow green tail tip, but this one had that distinct flat copper head? I just installed a solar snake repeller in the back yard. Its suppose to send a vibe that snakes don't like and drive them out. So beware ShallowsNole! Thanks for your help.

a hog nose snake will flatten it's self out.
moccasins and the non venomous fox snake are often misidentified as copperheads (which have not been documented this far south).

We were staying in a beach house on 30A last spring with gray rocks around the porch. I hoped down one day to see a funny stick out of the corner of my eye. It turned out to be a gray rat snake that blended in with the rocks. My snake jump could have set a record. I have not snake jumped in years.

I think the feathers and the presence of the snake are two unrelated events. If the snake did eat a bird, it would swallow it head first and whole, but the feathers wouldn't strip. It would eventually poop 'em out, but I doubt that's what you saw...

drunk birds

Birds can get drunk on ripe cherries? How funny!

It is a hoot to watch the birds trying to land in the tree. They miss the branches and just crash into the leaf canopy but gee, they seem so happy.

Can anyone help ID this snake? It's a tree climber. I feed the wild birds and I think it's eating them. Lots of feathers on the ground but no dead bird. Thanks

It's nonpoisonous!! Not exactly sure what kind of snake it is but it's not a poisonous snake. The only poisonous snakes in the southeastern part of the U.S. are pit vipers and the coral snake. The markings on its body don't match any pit viper in our region plus that snake has round pupils. Vipers have pupils similar to a cats eye, vertically elliptical.

ok, I've done it again. I've ventured into a thread that i know i shouldn't have touched with a 10 foot pole. Snakes. Now I'm nawshus, itching, and trying to keep my feet off the floor from under my desk.

Baby copper heads and moccaisns do look alike. That both have that yellow green tail tip, but this one had that distinct flat copper head? I just installed a solar snake repeller in the back yard. Its suppose to send a vibe that snakes don't like and drive them out. So beware ShallowsNole! Thanks for your help.

Oh gee thanks for running them out of your yard!

We once put moth balls all around the "inner" part of the yard because my heavily-educated nephew said that would repel snakes. We then watched a black racer slither right over them. If snakes could laugh, that one did.

As was mentioned, all the 'copperheads' that people see are actually 'juvenile cottonmouth/water moaccasin'. I have several videos that will show you what they look like.
Here's a picture of the same snake that I took while on a trail here in the forest.


And a juvenile Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin most often, mistakenly referred to as a Copperhead. Look at the color and also notice its yellow tail.

Why do I click on these THREADS???? I'm terrified of snakes and have never seen one in sowal. If I didn't read these threads, I could continue to pretend that they don't exist there. But for some reason, I can't RESIST!!